Art and Ceramics from Rodin to Schütte
October 16, 2015–January 31, 2016
The Bonnefantenmuseum (Maastricht, the Netherlands), Cité de la céramique (Sèvres, France) and la Maison Rouge (Paris) are presenting CERAMIX, a large exhibition about the use of ceramics by artists of the 20th and 21st century including Matisse, Rodin, Picasso, Thomas Schütte and Ai Weiwei. Through more than 250 artworks, CERAMIX tells the story of ceramic art with a strong focus on the post-war production of artistic ceramics and the contemporary art of Europe, North America and Asia. The artists selected have used the material in a variety of ways: from paintings and sculptures to installations in mixed techniques. The exhibition is presented both chronologically and thematically, and also includes a number of monograph rooms that have been arranged in close cooperation with the artists in question, who include Johan Creten and Klara Kristalova. The guest curators Camille Morineau and Lucia Pesapane have previously worked together on exhibitions about Gerhard Richter, Roy Lichtenstein, Niki de Saint Phalle and elles@centrepompidou. The premiere of CERAMIX will take place in Maastricht, after which it will travel on to Paris and Sèvres in the spring of 2016.
CERAMIX is supported by Provincie Limburg, DSM, Fonds 21, VSBFonds, the Mondriaan Fund, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Nieske Fonds and the P.M. de Klerk Keramiek Fonds, the Maas Foundation.
